The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-13
scatters the pyramid Of fifteen reds aud
pirouettes among them, sending one and another
into the pockets

breaking her arm at Newport last May
The Thanksgiving-day attractions at the
various city theaters will be "a Still Alarm" at
the Grand, Salsburys ''Troubadours" at En-
gish's, and Lost in London" at the Museum.
Mrs. Langtry is quoted saying that any ru-
NOR to the effect that she is on unfriendiy terms
with Mrs. James Brown Potter false, and
that ..she should be more than delighted to see
Mrs Potter extremely successful"
Sackett e Virgins are reported to be in bad
way financially. Their Hennepin- avenue Thea
ter. in Minneapolis, is not success, and F. Pi
Weadon. who managed it. has resigned and
taken a position at the Grand Oper a house
there.
The theatrical firm of Hayden & Dickson has
dissolved. Mr.. W. r. Hayden will travel with
he Little Puck" organization. of which he is
the proprietor, and Mr.. James B. Dickson will
permanently retire from the dramatic field and
become publisher.
In ga Still Alarm" notable scene is that in
which two horses dash on the stage with real"
fre-engine, steam up, putting and blowing. and
the subsequent rescue of the heroine from the
confederation. The tableau gets a half dozen or
more enco-es at every performance.
Mrs. Potters New YORK engagement has not
been financial success thus far. Society f1ocked
to her support the opening night. and then. as if
convinced that it had done all that could reason
ably be expected, severely let her alone Audi
ences were small the rest of the week.
"The Begun" was produced in Philadelphia
on Monday. and is ego" The book is by
Harry B. Smith, Chicago journalist, that has
done a great deal of good work, and the music
is By Mr. Riginal de Koven a society man, also
from Chicago, aud son-in-law of .. S. Senator
Farwell.
No official announcement has yet been made
that Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett will
star together again next season, although such
an arrangement is possible. If their receipts
remainder of the tour. it is pretty certain that
the profits will very nearly reach 5000, 000-a
pretty snug figure for one seasons work.
The New York Evening Sun reioices
hnno in emit NS fhn int tat
merce law, 1.-THE percentage Of disbanded
losing companies thus far in the
is much smaller than at the same period
last year, while the number of troupes out this
season is appreciably larger. This has been,
financially, the best season in half dozen
years. +"
Col. Jack" Haverly is engage in another far
reaching scheme of management He is form
ing syndicate to build three theaters, one each
in ST. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, of which
he Is to be the manager. 1t is said that he has
succeeded in getting some of the largest capital
lists in the Northwest interested in his plans,
and that there is a good prospect OF the theaters
being built.
A singular coincidence in Messrs Booth and
Barrett's forthcoming spectacular production of
Julius Caesar" at the Academy Of Music 10 New
York is, that the engaeement begins Christmas
night with Booth as Brutus and Barrett as Cass-
ius. the same parts played by them At Booths
Theater on Christmas night in 1873 on the oc-
casion OF the first grand production of the piece
at the latter house.
George knight seems to have found at FAST
play that is well suited to him in the revised
and revivifed Rudolph" The character of the
tramp is one that in his hands is peculiarly in
teresting, and although at times some of the
centrcities of the m an are shown in Iudicrous
lights, there is and again delightful
charm OF sympathy and pathos that shows the
other side of the character in delightful contrast.
Vernona Jaroeau's manager, who is her hus-
band. will not permit flowers to be handed over
the footiRhts to any member of the company
unless Miss Jarbesu herself also receives such
week an admirer of Miss Cleveland desired to
present her beautiful bouquet during the per-
formance, but there was tribute to the
hoarse star it had to be sent to Miss Cleveland
behind the scenes after the curtain had fallen.
At a recent performance of "Old Homestead"
by Denman Thompson. at Niblo's, there was an
old man. nearly ninety, in the audience He
laughed until he cried. then he laughed at him
self for crying. then he laughed and cried again.
The old man was Capt. Rufus Thompson, Den
man Thompsons father He had come from
New Hampshire to see his son play. 1t was the
first time he had seen him a star, and was his
first presence in a theater in more than fifty
years.
Says Nym Crinkle: "Mrs. Langtry has held
to a bad play through a mistaken desire to do
something melodramatic. She believes that her
convusive acting in the last act of AS In a
Looking Glass 10 very fine. I know this. be-
cause have heard her cay If she only knew
how much nober, and sweeter- and more at
tractive she is when she stands still she wouldn't
do it. Mrs. Lanetry's great charm is not IN
dying but in living When we want to look
upon death we go to Clara Motifs.
Mr.. Days program me recently contained an
article entitled THE Age of Our Favorites."
which. it was claimed. accurately recorded" the
birthdays of many stage celebrities. IT the fig
ures be true, they in several instances shed light
upon carefully hidden secrets Among the names
and ages given are John Gilbert. seventy seven;
Mrs John Drew. sixty nine; Rose Eytinee. fifty;
Clara Morris thirty -seven; Maggie Mitchell. IF
ty-fve; Fannie Davenport, thirty-seven; Rose
Coghlin, thirty four; Mrs. Langtry, thrty-sev-
en-; Lolita forty; Lawrence Barrett. forty mine;
Lester Wallack: sixty.eight; William Warren.
Booth, forty -four; Joseph Jefferson. City eight;
Mrs. Gilbert sixty-seven, James Lewis, forty
eight; Ada Rehan. twenty seven. In theatrical
circles many of these we're thought to be
rect. Mrs. Booth stated that she was mads to
appear only one year too old
Nym Crinkle is mercilessly Savage in his
critic ne upon Mrs Potter and, beyond admit
ting her beauty her ladylike beavior and the is
and becoming color of her gowns, literally has
not one good word to say for her. He says.
among other things $50 far as my judgment
is unimpaired in these matters, it saw nothing
in Mrs. Potter's attempt to act which any girl of
moderate intelligence might not have done
minus Mrs. Potter's individuality" William
Winter, in the New York Tribune, says of her:
she has an abundance OF sweetness and senti
mont, but neither passion, intellectual dignity
nor moral grandeur. At the climax of the
piece which is freighted with Faustine's deliri-
um of despair and horror. she was trivial. OF
misery, or even OF sorrow, she knows literally
nothing Her excitement, radarine from the
surface and not from the center. produces the
effect not of emotion but of fuss"
Will S. Rising, who played here last week in
starlight" given by the Jarbeau Company, is
an Ohio boy, and one of the very few Ameri-
cans who have succeeded in making reputation
abroad. He is native of Lancaster, O.. where
his family wealthy and highly esteemed.
He was educated at the 0. w. University at
Delaware, 0. He soon, however, followed q
taste he had early acquired for the stage. His
father gave him a liberal musical education in
New York, and afterwards sent him to Italy.
Since his debut at Naples some years ago his
many friends throughout Ohio have followed
with pleasure his operatic successes in Italy,
Paris and London. Upon his return to New
York he was welcomed at the Casino. and at
once installed q favorite at Gotham, and has
followed it up in Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more. Washington, Chicago and elsewhere. The
Philadelphia papers pronounce him one OF the
most popular men IN the profession, sought
after by club men and greatly admired by the
ladies' Rising is interested in the Jarbeau